The Washington Capitals announced on Monday their first round of cuts to their 2023 training camp roster.
Four players were sent back down to their junior teams: 2023 seventh-round picks Antoine Keller and Brett Hyland, 2022 fifth-round pick Jake Karabela and 2023 fourth-round pick Patrick Thomas. Karabela played in yesterday’s preseason game against the Buffalo Sabres.
#Caps have reduced their training camp roster to 51 players. Washington’s updated training camp roster can be found here: https://t.co/3GAK8A1s0B pic.twitter.com/9PrEHr0iIw
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) September 25, 2023
Meanwhile, eight players were sent back down to the Hershey Bears to participate in their training camp. The five forwards that have been cut are Mike Vecchione, Matthew Strome, Garrett Roe, Jimmy Huntington and Julian Napravnik. The three defensemen that have been cut are Michael Kim, 2017 sixth-round pick Benton Maass and Colin Swoyer.
Washington resumes its training camp tomorrow and preseason picks back up on Thursday, Sept. 28 against the Detroit Red Wings.
By Jacob Cheris
seems reasonable so far
agree, no surprises. Hershey getting ready to start camp.
I thought Karabela showed some wheels out there.
He’s got a pretty powerful shot as well. Watched him a bit last season.
Jon, what junior teams did Keller, Hyland, Thomas, and Karabela go to? Keller came over from Switzerland (unless he’s moonlighting as a cardio surgeon in Layfayette, Louisiana).
Rays have finally posted a roster on their website. No goalies listed as they wait for the Caps and Bears to loan down. Rays open their season October 21, don’t know their training camp schedule.
Eleven-year veteran and team captain Andrew Cherniwchan has retired from professional hockey. Cherniwchan, 34, retires with the third most games played in Stingrays history (508). He is also third in all-time Stingrays points (367) and goals (171) and is fourth in assists (196). He is the only Stingray ever to play double-digit seasons in South Carolina. He said “I’m super grateful that Rob Concannon and Spencer Carbery brought me here to the Stingrays. This is where my pro career got started.”
Keller went to Acadie-Bathurst in The Q. Looks like more French games for me this season, not my favorite.
Ha! My son drove through Quebec province with his Virginia plated oversized diesel pickup obviously not familiar with Canadian money, liters, or French, and the gas station operators all refused to help him.